First of all, f*** YES, another dkdom campaign! *ahem*
I don't usually post in forums, but I'll make an exception here, because i love what you're doing. I've played a few of your custom campaigns in BA1&2, and the quality of the maps are outstanding. I especially love that your maps are big, difficult and more complex than most - it gives me the feel of a commander who has to manage several parts of a battle simultaneously. Unfortunately, I can't seem to download this latest campaign, so my feedback is based on all your campaigns i've played before (dnieper43 germans, french & german solo campaigns)
Now, on to the feedback:
Positive
- large-scale battles (lots of units and high turn counts)
- complex and well-thought out defense layouts.
- good variety of troop types available.
- connected scenarios, especially in Boukrine, makes it feel like a cohesive story.
- plenty of defensive scenarios (this is subjective - i prefer defense missions).
- difficulty is high, but the satisfaction of victory is also high (you need to have some experience in BA2 before jumping into them).
Negative
- not much strategic information for most of the scenarios (where the main attacks will come from, any secondary attacks, any reinforcements coming, etc.), makes it hard to gauge how badly i'm doing, and whether i should change my tactics
- difficulty depends too much on enemy artillery and mortars - the BA engine makes them too accurate and effective, and cannot be countered (unless your intention was to force players to search and destroy them). When I destroyed their mortars, the maps became way easier. I suggest giving the AI off-map artillery or air support instead (something with decent cooldown), or give their artillery longer reload times.
- inconsistent terrain. For example, forests can hide infantry, but some open ground tiles also have trees, so it's easy to make mistakes based on how the terrain looks, especially since the maps are so large.
- no historical context. This is a small complaint, but it would be nice to have some flavor text in the briefing, to give it some background (part of what Operation, which units were involved, any famous places/heroes/generals involved?)
So keep up the good work, man!
Hopefully I'll be able to download and try this one out soon
I tried again today, no luck. It's weird, since I don't get that issue with other maps/campaigns. I deleted and re-downloaded a few, just to be sure. Oh well, at least I still have your BA campaigns to sustain me while I wait.
